The razor tycoon King Camp Gillette bought the property in 1926. Gillette commissioned leading Los Angeles architect Wallace Neff to build him a „paradise on earth, California style.“ MGM movie director Clarence Brown (Anna Karenina, National Velvet) bought the property in 1930, following Gillette’s death. Brown built a private airstrip for elaborate MGM „fly-in parties“ that were attended by such luminaries as Clark Gable and Greta Garbo.